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China Gas Holdings (China Gas Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 8.07 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is China Gas Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

China Gas Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2,846 Mil. China Gas Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $4,401 Mil. China Gas Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $898 Mil. China Gas Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 8.07.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CGHOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.51   Med: 3.22   Max: 9.14
Current: 9.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of China Gas Holdings was 9.14. The lowest was 2.51. And the median was 3.22.

CGHOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.71% of 459 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.54 vs CGHOF: 9.14

China Gas Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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China Gas Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

China Gas Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.75 2.51 2.87 3.89 5.73

China Gas Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.95 5.78 11.39 8.07

Competitive Comparison of China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



China Gas Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

China Gas Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2816.813 + 5004.463) / 1363.987
=5.73

China Gas Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2846.024 + 4401.187) / 897.668
=8.07

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


China Gas Holdings  (OTCPK:CGHOF) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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China Gas Holdings (China Gas Holdings) Business Description

Address
151 Gloucester Road, Room 1601, 16th Floor, Capital Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, HKG
China Gas Holdings is involved in the wholesale and retail businesses of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in China. As of fiscal 2023 (ended March 31, 2023), the group had secured a total of 661 piped gas concessions, 533 compressed natural gas/liquefied natural gas refilling stations for vehicles, and 106 LPG distribution projects in China. In total, CGH has connected 45.4 million residential households and achieved a penetration rate of 68.6%.

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